Deadline to post: April 12th, Midnight PST

Round closes: April 15th, Midnight PST

A 1 time, 1 day extension, will be granted if needed.

One was disturbing with it's references, but had a better set up and tighter multi in terms of syllable to syllable rhyming. Both put in a good first round effort, so RESPECT. FV in. Props.

a word too many at the very end of my losers entry sealed his fate, gb

One was a bit obscur and it could have cost him but his rhyming was smooth and the payoff punch connected. My losers line was a bit too disjointed and the rhyming was quite subpar, especially considering its only 1 bar.

votes in. 

One had the stronger bar all around, due to better wording & execution. The other wasn't too bad but it didn't leave enough impact here. 

Apollyon: Clean n' dirty bar here, personally wasn't feeling it but the execution was on POINT. Obscure concept but maybe I'm behind the times.

Orochi: Concept was okay, only issue was the wording of the multis, they just didn't sound natural.

Good match up here, fair's in y'all

GOOD BATTLE. ONE WAS MORE ADVANCED IN HIS SETUP AND SMOOTHNESS OF STYLE. PREFERED PREFERENCE. COULD GO EITHER WAY

Orochi, you came weak.

Apolllyon had better multis and doubles.

Winner had wording which was more natural. I didn't think that the opening line was relevant to the concept but I liked how you set the punch up. Weird concept, had to check it out but you executed it nicely.

Loser's multis were slanted and his wording was choppy. Concept wasn't as creative, and I felt your punch had less impact here.

MVGT: Apollyon

Both bars were pretty similar in terms of creativity. Apollyon was slightly ahead in terms of execution, but his concept referenced something so ridiculously obscure that I feel compelled to give the W to his opponent's simple but understandable punch by default. I'd bet that no more than 2 voters are gonna understand that reference without Googling it. I definitely didn't. And you didn't even have the common courtesy to provide an expo. Fair's in.

If you want an expo link me got Phe on the w RESPECT fairs in

Apollyon had better multis, set up and effective rhynes compared to orochi who kept it a little too simple and his multi were reaching for me.

At the end of the day I felt my winner's multis came off more cleanly and effectively, whereas I felt my loser's wordplay wasn't quite as clever or original. Good battle, both came packing a solid bar, but one was just closely ahead in basically every aspect.

I hit hard for any reader. One had metaphors that needed explaining. I prefer verses that don’t need explanations. 

Clear winner here in my opinion have my winner off the first read. Both had some nice setups but only ones punch hit twice as hard as his opponents did. Fairs in salute to both here for this stage shaker